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{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = | image = Reggie Bush by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Bush in 2023 | number = 25, 22, 21, 23 | position = [[Running back]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Spring Valley, San Diego County, California|Spring Valley, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = 205 | high_school = [[Helix High School|Helix]] ([[La Mesa, California]]) | college = [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (2003β2005) | draftyear = 2006 | draftround = 1 | draftpick = 2 | pastteams = * [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year|2006|2010}}) * [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|2011|2012}}) * [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|2013|2014}}) * [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|2015}}) * [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|2016}}) | status = | highlights = * [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XLIV|XLIV]]) * First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2008 All-Pro Team|2008]]) * [[PFWA All-Rookie Team|NFL PFWA All-Rookie Team]] (2006) * [[New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame]] * [[BCS National Championship|BCS national champion]] ([[2005 Orange Bowl|2004]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=BCS Group vacates USC 2004β05 national championship following NCAA denial of appeal |url=http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=6632189 |agency=ESPN |website=bcsfootball.org |publisher=BCS Group |access-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426090056/http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=6632189 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|The championship was later vacated by the BCS on June 6, 2011, following the imposition of sanctions by the NCAA, including vacation of games during the 2004 season.}} * 2Γ [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|AP National champion]] ([[2003 USC Trojans football team|2003]], [[2004 USC Trojans football team|2004]]) * [[Heisman Trophy]] (2005) * [[Walter Camp Award]] (2005) * [[Associated Press College Football Player of the Year|AP College Football Player of the Year]] (2005) * [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''Sporting News'' Player of the Year]] (2005) * 2Γ [[Chic Harley Award]] (2004, 2005) * [[Doak Walker Award]] (2005) * [[Touchdown Club of Columbus#Jim Brown Trophy|Jim Brown Trophy]] (2005) * 2Γ Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2004 College Football All-America Team|2004]], [[2005 College Football All-America Team|2005]]) * 2Γ [[Pac-12 Conference football individual awards#Players of the Year|Pac-10 Offensive Player of the year]] (2004, 2005) * 2Γ First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[2004 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|2004]], [[2005 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|2005]]) * [[USC Trojans football#Heisman Trophy winners and retired numbers|USC Trojans No. 5]] retired | statlabel1 = [[Carry (American football)|Rushing attempts]] | statvalue1 = 1,286 | statlabel2 = [[Rushing yards]] | statvalue2 = 5,490 | statlabel3 = [[Reception (American football)|Receptions]] | statvalue3 = 477 | statlabel4 = [[Receiving yards]] | statvalue4 = 3,598 | statlabel5 = [[Return yards]] | statvalue5 = 929 | statlabel6 = [[Touchdown|Total touchdowns]] | statvalue6 = 58 | pfr = B/BushRe00 | CollegeHOF = 2504 }} '''Reginald Alfred Bush II''' (born March 2, 1985) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[running back]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], earning consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors twice and winning the 2005 [[Heisman Trophy]]. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football players of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2020 |title=The 150 greatest players in college football's 150-year history |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfb150players/the-150-greatest-players-college-football-150-year-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114065230/https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfb150players/the-150-greatest-players-college-football-150-year-history |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 college football players of all time ranked β and why Cam Newton is No. 1 |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/rj-young-heisman-trophy-greatest-cfb-players-ever-cam-newton-reggie-bush-vince-young |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> He was selected by the [[New Orleans Saints]] second overall in the [[2006 NFL draft]]. Bush was named an [[All-Pro]] punt returner in 2008 and helped the Saints win [[Super Bowl XLIV]] in 2010.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He also played for the [[Buffalo Bills]], [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Detroit Lions]], and [[San Francisco 49ers]] before retiring from professional football in 2017.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carroll |first=Charlotte |date=December 16, 2017 |title=RB Reggie Bush officially retires |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/12/16/reggie-bush-retirement |access-date=May 3, 2024 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref> Bush later worked as a college football analyst for [[Fox Sports]]. Allegations that he received improper benefits with USC in 2004 were central to an [[NCAA#Rules violations|NCAA investigation]] of the USC football program that led to severe [[USC Trojans football#2004|sanctions]] against the school, including a two-year postseason ban and the vacating of the 2004 national championship. Bush voluntarily forfeited his Heisman Trophy in 2010 amid the scandal, but it was reinstated 14 years later amid NCAA rule changes.<ref name="usatoday-100914">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Erick |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Reggie Bush announces he is giving back his Heisman Trophy |work=USA Today |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/09/reggie-bush-announces-he-is-returing-his-heisman-trophy/1 |access-date=September 14, 2010 |archive-date=October 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027221315/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/09/reggie-bush-announces-he-is-returing-his-heisman-trophy/1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nytimes-100914">{{Cite web |last=Pennington |first=Bill |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Reggie Bush, Ineligible for '05, Returns Heisman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/sports/ncaafootball/15heisman.html |access-date=May 3, 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="PeteThamel">{{Cite web |last=Thamel |first=Pete |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Heisman Trophy being returned to Bush, USC |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40014492/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-returned |access-date=April 24, 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
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